Automobile turntable



. June 25, 1929.

E. A. DILLON AUTOMOBILE TURN TABLE Original Filed Nov. 26, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet l 1:? ,4, ja'liaia M INVENTOR ATTDR N EY June 25, 1929. E. A. DILLON AUTOMOBILE TURN TABLE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed Nov. 26, 1926 ATTO R N EY June 25, 1929. DILLON 1.718.810

' AUTOMOBILE TURN TABLE Original Filed Nov. 26, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR Ill) Patented June 25, 1929.

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EARL A. DILLUN, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

AUTOMGBILE 'IYU'RNTABLE.

Application filed November 26, 1,926, flerial No. 150,926. Renewed November 19, 1928.

This invention relates to turn tables, stationary or movable, or other devices primarily appli table for reversing the position or changing the directimi of a motor driven idihicle. 7

Another object Olii the invention COUlJOHlplates an operating means included With the turn table adapted to be driven by power derivedv from the vehicle.

A :i urther object comprehends a bralre mechanism for checking the rotation of the table in a desired position to permit the vehicle to traverse the same when leaving the g a go.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom. plan View thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 21-23 of Figure 1.

Figur a sectional view taken on line ii-A oi l .gure

Figure is a trans erse section taken through a portion of the operating niecharaisin.

Relerrin g to the drawings in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corre sponding parts. the reference character 10 indicates a turntable preferably circular in contour.

Said table is provided With spaced channels 11 for guiding the Wheels oi the vehicle thereon for direct engagement with an operatin mechanism to be presently described. blah, table is adapted to be Wholly positioned within a pit or other depression in the sun face of a garage or place of storage and has provided upon its under side and at spaced intervals adjacent the marginal edges thereof roller members 12 adapted iior circuitous nicWen'ient upon an endless track 13 positioned within the bottom of said pit. An upstanding anchorage base 14: is disposed centrally Within said pit and has fixed therein an upstanding vertically disposed shaft 15 which in "urn has fixed or otherwise secured to the upper extremity thereof a ring gear 16. The upper surface of the turn table is disposed in the same plane with that of the garage floor. i

'SPttCULl roller members 17' are journalcd within. and upon said turn table at the entrance of each oi? the channels 11. Spur gears 18 are carried. upon the ends of said roller members and adapted for meshing eiigagenient with enlarged driven gears 19 which are cooperatively associated with pinions 20 carried upon the opposed ends of the shafts 21 ailixed thereto. Relatively urge bevel gears 22 carried upon the ends sleeves 5 33 journaled upon the under side the turn table are adapted. for meshii'ig engagement with the pinions 20 at angles approxin'iartely to that of: 90. Drulns 25 are carried upon the opposed ends of said sleeves 23.

biha'tt members 26 are provided and journaled upon the under side oi the turn table and have their outer ends positioned within the bores of said sleeves while the inner and remaining extremities thereof are provided with pinions 527 ntieshing with the ring gear 16. hatchet connections 28 are pro vided between each of the drums 25 and the respective shafts 26.

It conceived from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings that the invention may be most effectively used in garages having inclined entrances; the inventi on permitting said vehicle to be turned completely around within the garage in order that said vehicle may be driven in prefero'oce to backing the sand: into a street and especially where trailic is heavy. In carrying out the invention it is to be noted that the wheels oi: the vehicle will be guided upon the turn table within the channels 11. The roller members 17 are disposed at the entrances of each of the said. channels to support and engage the driving wheel of the vehicle, namely, the right rear Wheel. When the driving wheel is in position upon said roller nien'ibers said wheel is rotated in a forward direction thereby causing said gears 19 to rotate imparting like movement to the pinion 20 and in turn the pinion. 27 meshing with the ring gear 16. Such operation will cause said turn table to rotate, using only one oi the operating mechanisms,

the other being free oi? binding action upon the ring gear 16 through the use and operation oi: the ratchet connection.

.ln order to provide means for checking the rotation of said turn table at a point more appropriate to driving the vehicle from the garage and free from cooperative movement With that of the turn table, I provide brake mechanisms including brake bands 29 suspended from the underside of the turn table and encircling appropriate portions and upon the outer surfaces of the drums 25. The ends of said bands terminate to provide spaced parallel apertured ears 30 through which the conventional form of spring pins 31 are passed. The heads of said bolts provide inclined outer surfaces adaptedto lie flush with cam nuts 33 carried by levers 34:. Movement of the levers in either direction will cause said bolts to be'raised an appreciable distance, carrying the lowermost of the cars 30 therewith and tightening the bands upon the drums. Operating shafts 35 journaled upon the underside of the turn table 10 provide crank arms 36 operatively associated with the levers 34 through the instrumentality of links 37 Operating levers 38 are fixed upon the remaining extremities of the operating shafts35 and protruding upwardly appreciable distances through the turn table at positions from which they may be most conveniently manipulated from the left front seat or drivers seat of the vehicle. A connecting rod 39 cooperatively associates the operating shafts 35 for simultaneous movement in order that movement of one of said operating levers 38 will cause both oi" said brake mechanisms to be effectively operated.

The operatinglevers 38 are so disposed upon the turn table as to permit the mechanism to be most effectively manipulated upon the return of the vehicle to the garage.

Although I have previously stated that the turn table may be wholly positioned within a pit, it is obviously understood that the turn table may be arranged upon the surface of the ground or any place where it is desired or necessary to change or otherwise reverse the position of a motor vehicle. \Vhen positioned upon the surface, the turn table will be provided with suitable ramps or means of approach to facilitate disposition of the vehicle upon the turn table.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such clumges as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is:

A turn table adapted for rotation within a pit therefor and disposing the upper surface thereof in alignment with that of a floor, guide channels disposed in spaced, relation upon the upper surface of the turn table, operating mechanisms carried by the turn table and exposed in the entrances of each of said. channels to operatively engage the driving Wheels of a vehicle supported thereon, ratchet mechanism carried by each of said operating mechanisms for alternate operation, and brake mechanisms carried by the turn table effectively engaging said opcrating mechanisms for simultaneous engagement therewith to check the rotation of the turn table at either entrance.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

- EARL A. DILLON 

